CJA016 Czech literature since 1895 II

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2002
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 4 credit(s) (plus 3 credits for an exam). Recommended Type of Completion: z (credit). Other types of completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Jitka Bednářová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. PhDr. Jiří Kudrnáč, CSc. (lecturer)
Mgr. Luisa Nováková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Jiří Trávníček, M.A.
Department of Czech Literature – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Martina Sendlerová
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
mgr. Bednářová: Work with the classics of Czech poetry and prose with emphasis on an overall interpretation via analysis of characters, motives, semantics of the title, narrative techniques, cathegories of time and space, language and style, reception... To each work one or two sessions will be devoted in the form of an interpretation "workshop", the starting point being the participants' seminar papers.
dr. Kudrnáč: The seminar is outlined as a complementation of a lecture on 20th century Czech literature. The sessions are devoted to authors and problems of Czech literature in a comparative perspective, in relation to Czech literature of different periods as well as in relation to other literatures. The starting point of the work in the seminar is usually a topic dealt with in a seminar paper. The texts from both primary and secondary literature are chosen so as to complement the list of reading required for the exam.
mgr. Nováková: The seminar will deal with prose, poetry and literary criticism from the eighteen nineties to the nineteen forties. It will focus not only on key works and main tendencies of Czech literature of the period but will mention some "neglected" authors as well.
Syllabus
  • mgr. Bednářová: 1. J. Čep: "Oldřich Babor" 2. E. Hostovský: "Dům bez pána" 3. K Čapek: "Obyčejný život" 4. V. Vančura: "Hrdelní pře aneb přísloví". 5. I. Olbracht: "O zlých samotářích" 6. M. Součková: "Zakladatelé" 7. K. Poláček: "Okresní město" 8. J. Durych: "Boží duha" 9. J. Deml: "Mohyla" 10. J. Zahradníček: "Jeřáby" 11. V. Holan: "Vanutí" 12. B. Reynek: "Podzimní motýli" 13. J. Orten: "Ohnice" 14. I. Blatný: "Melancholické procházky".
  • prof. Jeřábek: Characterisation of literary generations, schools and their programs. Interpretation of texts based on seminar papers which will focus especially on the work of the so called Čapeks' generation as well as on the work of other key authors from the nineteen twenties to the nineteen forties. The development of theoretical thinking about literature in a given period will be traced and ssential reference literature will be discussed.
  • dr. Kudrnáč: After an introduction to the reference literature of the field, the sessions will be devoted to literary groups of the Czech fin de siecle; the ante-war generation or the "generation of rebels"; the role of the "1914 Almanac"; poetism in its relations to other literary schools; psychological prose of the nineteen thirties and before; drama from the end of the nineteenth century to the nineteen forties; the birth of the Czech literary criticism at the turn of the twentieth century and its further development; the innovative and traditional tendencies in historical prose; important expressionistic authors; the poetic schools of the nineteen thirties and forties.
  • mgr. Nováková: F.X. Šalda; Antonín Sova; Viktor Dyk; Vítězslav Nezval; Poetry of 1938 and during World War II; The school of the newspaper Lidové noviny (K. Čapek, Poláček, Bass); Jaromír John; Rudolf Medek; Josef Čapek; Ivan Olbracht; Vladislav Vančura
Literature
  • LEHÁR, Jan. Česká literatura od počátků k dnešku. 2., dopl. vyd. Praha: Lidové noviny. 1078 s. ISBN 80-7106-308-8. 2004. info
  • JEŘÁBEK, Dušan. Česká literatura od konce národního obrození do roku 1918 [Jeřábek, 1999]. Vyd. 3., přeprac. Brno: Masarykova univerzita. 118 s. ISBN 80-210-2142-X. 1999. info
  • PUTNA, Martin C. Česká katolická literatura v evropském kontextu 1848-1918. Vyd. 1. Praha: Torst. 801 s. ISBN 80-7215-059-6. 1998. info
  • Dějiny české literatury. Edited by Jan Mukařovský. 1. vyd. Praha: Victoria Publishing. 714 s. ISBN 80-85865-48-3. 1995. info
  • NOVÁK, Jan Václav and Arne NOVÁK. Přehledné dějiny literatury české : od nejstarších dob až po naše dny. 4. přeprac. a rozš. vyd. V Brně: Atlantis. 1804 s. ISBN 8071081051. 1995. info
  • SKÁCEL, Jan. Třináctý černý kůň. Vyd. 1. Brno: Blok. 259 s. ISBN 80-7029-085-4. 1993. info
  • KUNC, Jaroslav. Slovník soudobých českých spisovatelů : krásné písemnictví v letech 1918-45. Edited by Antonín Matěj Píša. 1. vyd. Praha: Orbis. s. 562-101. 1946. info
  • KUNC, Jaroslav. Slovník soudobých českých spisovatelů : krásné písemnictví v letech 1918-45. Edited by Antonín Matěj Píša. 1. vyd. Praha: Orbis. 559 s. 1945. info
Assessment methods (in Czech)
Požadavky pro udělení zápočtu:
mgr. Bednářová: připravenost posluchačů, tj. znalost všech knih, s nimiž se bude v semináři pracovat; referát, textová dokumentace; přijatelný miniesej

dr. Kudrnáč: seminární práce a docházka
mgr. Nováková: Referát, koreferát, aktivní účast v diskusi, odpovídající docházka (max. 3 absence).
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Information on completion of the course: Předmět náleží k tzv.povinně volitelným, studenti II. cyklu jednooborového studia jej zakončí zkouškou.
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2000, Spring 2001, Spring 2003.
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